To start off with, I've never actually read Cerebus; I've just read about it (along with bits and pieces of the comic itself) in order to make this post. So let me know if I get anything wrong. A while ago, I read a reference to "The Cerebus Effect", a term for an initially goofy work (like a TV show or comic) that gradually becomes more serious. Curious about the name, I looked it up and discovered that Cerebus was, according to Wikipedia, a critically acclaimed, well-written comic book that ran for 27 years, cited as a major influence on many other comics, including some I had read. Why had I never heard of it before? Why isn't it better known, if it's so influential? Why isn't there already a Netflix series in the works, coming Spring 2022? Well, it turns out there is a damn good reason for that, but first, some background.
In the beginning...
Cerebus was the creation of Dave Sim, a Canadian cartoonist who was 21 when he started writing and drawing the comic in 1977. At first, Cerebus (which started as a misspelling of "Cerberus") was a parody of Conan the Barbarian, with the main difference being that the main character was an aardvark. Along with his wife, Deni Loubert, Sim ran his own publishing house, Aardvark-Vanaheim, allowing him to write without the constraints most publishers would have put on his work.
After 25 issues, Sim decided to work on a longer, more serious storyline and declared everything before that to be Book 1, with the next 25 issues making up Book 2: High Society. Sales started picking up, and DC Comics offered Sim $100,000 for the rights to Cerebus. Sim refused, and went on to make $150,000 on sales of the collected version of High Society. He also decided that Cerebus would have a single, overarching story, ending with the death of the main character in issue #300. (This was shortly after he did a large amount of LSD, which tells you a lot about Sim's creative process.)
Throughout the next several books, Sim's readership continued to grow, as did his critical acclaim. He brought an assistant on board to do the backgrounds for the panels, giving him more time to draw the characters and write. Cerebus went from a barbarian adventurer to a politician and the Pope, and other characters who had started out relatively one-dimensional grew more and more complex. It was, by all
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
Edit: SOLD!
This is an unusual one--not a lot of people these days have heard of it--so let's start with a gallery of the issues themselves, because their covers are awesome: https://imgur.com/a/JTjNKaB
Writer Max Collins (also known as crime novelist Max Allan Collins) and artist Terry Beatty created Ms. Tree in the early '80s, as the hardest-boiled of hard-boiled detectives--Collins initially described her as "the female Mike Hammer." She had a fantastically odd journey through the comics of the '80s and '90s at five different publishers. Issues #1-9 of Ms. Tree were published in color by Eclipse (it was officially titled Ms. Tree’s Thrilling Detective Adventures for its first three issues, to which Frank Miller contributed pinups). Then it switched to duotone (black and white and one other color per issue!) and moved to Aardvark-Vanaheim for #10-18, then Renegade Press for #19-50. (The last few issues of the Renegade series had a VERY low print run and are nearly impossible to find; #50 includes a flexidisc with a Ms. Tree theme song, and celebratory drawings by artists including Jack Kirby, Moebius and Will Eisner!) Finally, DC picked it up in 1990 for ten extra-length issues of Ms. Tree Quarterly/Ms. Tree Special.
This set also includes some bonuses: The P.I.’s (a three-issue 1985 miniseries published by First, co-starring Ms. Tree and E-Man supporting character Michael Mauser, written by Collins and drawn by Joe Staton and Beatty) and the one-shots A-V in 3-D, Word Warriors, Ms. Tree 3-D and Ms. Tree Rock & Roll Summer Special. (Note that the 3-D issues don't include 3-D glasses, which is why they're free bonuses here...)
For the 60 issues + 7 bonus issues, it's $180 (firm), including postage and fees. U.S. only. Some issues have dents and dings and stuff--see for yourself in the pictures--but they're all complete, and the flexidisc in #50 is intact. Happy to answer questions, if you've got any!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
Hi! Back with more! This is a big one.
A few notes:
- Shipping & PayPal fees included for CGC slabs, Omnibuses, HC, TPB, & Graphic Novels
- Shipping for floppies: see "Floppies" section below
- $10.00 minimum order
- All are first printings unless otherwise noted
- All CGC slabs have been cleaned and pressed
- CGC slabs cross-posted
- Combined shipping discounts available
- Let me know if you have questions
CGC Slabs
Avengers Annual #10 (1981, 1st app. Rogue/Madelyne Pryor as a child)
Avengers Annual #10 - CGC 6.5- SOLDAvengers Annual #10 - CGC 9.2, Newsstand - $170- SOLD
Batman: The Killing Joke (1988)
Batman: The Killing Joke #1 - CGC 9.4- SOLDBatman: The Killing Joke #1 - CGC 9.6- SOLD
Booster Gold #1 (1986, 1st app. Booster Gold)
Booster Gold #1 - CGC 9.2, Newsstand- SOLD
Dark Horse Presents #1 (1986, 1st app. Concrete)
Dark Horse Presents #1 - CGC 9.6- SOLD
Hellblazer #1 (1988, John Constantine's first titled series)
Hellblazer #1 - CGC 9.0- SOLDHellblazer #1 - CGC 9.6Slab #4014- SOLDHellblazer #1 - CGC 9.6Slab #4016- SOLD
Justice League #1 (1987, 1st app. Maxwell Lord)
Justice League #1 - CGC 9.6Slab #4007- SOLD- Justice League #1 - CGC 9.6 Slab #4008 - $70
- Justice League #1 - CGC 9.6 Slab #4010 - $70
- Justice League #1 - CGC 9.6 Slab #4011 - $70
Justice League #1 - CGC 9.6Slab #4012- SOLD
Legends #1 (1986, 1st app. Amanda Waller & Brimstone)
Legends #1 - CGC 7.0- SOLDLegends #1 - CGC 9.4- SOLD- Legends #1 - CGC 9.6, Newsstand - $80
- Legends #1 - CGC 9.8 - $110
Legends #3 (1986, 1st app. of new Suicide Squad)
Legends #3 - CGC 8.0, Newsstand- SOLDLegends #3 - CGC 9.2, Newsstand- SOLD
Omnibus
Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 3(2015, Lee/Kirby - OOP, DM Variant)- SOLD
Hardcovers
MARVEL/EPIC HARDCOVERS
- Civil War (2016, movie cover) - $15
- cross-posted
- Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (1989) - $75
Elektra Lives Again(1990) copy A- SOLDElektra Lives Again~~
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
It was about a weak back.
